John Gay

Writer 33 / Author 2 / Actor · 1492 – 1998 · 🎬 34 📖 2 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.

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Donald Pleasence

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Timothy Morand

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Vincente Minnelli

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Lee Remick

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Burt Lancaster

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Wendy Hiller

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🎬 Movies

Inherit the Wind

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1988

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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1987

Six Against the Rock

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1987

Doubletake

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1985

Samson and Delilah

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1984

Witness for the Prosecution

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1982

Ivanhoe

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1982

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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1982

The Bunker

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1981

Dial M for Murder

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1981

Berlin Tunnel 21

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1981

A Tale of Two Cities

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1980

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